(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article
226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari
quashing the impugned order dated 27.06.2019 (Annexure P5) whereby the
services of the respondents have been discharged from 14.12.2018 and for
directing the respondents to grant all consequential benefits from 15.12.2018.
(2). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was
working as Branch Manager MMGS-III at Panipat and while in service, an FIR
No.314 dated 27.05.2000 was registered under Section 304-B/406/498-A IPC
against him and his family members wherein there were allegations of demand
of dowry and abetment for committing suicide by the deceased-wife. He
submits that the Sessions Court vide judgment dated 28.10.2002 (Annexure P2)
acquitted the petitioner under Sections 304-B and 406 IPC but was held guilty
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under Section 498-A IPC and was sentenced to under RI for 3 years with fine of
Rs.5000/-. Resultantly, the respondent-Bank vide impugned order dated
19.06.2019 discharged the petitioner from service on the ground that the
conviction under Section 498-A IPC amounts to offence involving moral
turpitude, w.e.f. 14.12.2018 the date on which the trial court judgment assailed
by the petitioner in CRA-S-1783-SB-2002 was upheld by a Division Bench of
this Court vide judgment dated 14.12.2018.
